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The following is a "closing segment" for the show which aired Friday, June 11, 2004 at 11:00 AM EDT.
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Friday, June 11, 2004 at 11:00 AM EDT
Week in News Review

1) Hundreds of thousands pay their last respects to former President Ronald Reagan, who died last Saturday at age 93.
2) First Lady Laura Bush indicates her husband won’t budge on the issue of stem cell research.
3) At the G-8 summit in Georgia, President Bush asserts the G-8 nations are committed to helping democracy take root in Iraq.
4) French President Jacques Chirac says he opposes NATO taking a role in Iraq.
5) Kurdish leaders threaten to withdraw from Iraq’s new government.
6) Attorney General John Ashcroft refuses to turn over memoranda on the degree of pain and suffering legally permitted during enemy interrogations.
7) And music legend Ray Charles dies of liver disease at age 73.

Host Tom Ashbrook and analyst Jack Beatty look back at the major news headlines of this past week.

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